Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-16

wooden screens: could not sec out over the
screens until | stood no; Haddock was falling
when ! first saw him; he was about halfdown
he was about middle Of the crossing when |
first saw him; the men picked him
up and dragged him to the side.
walk, the door was closed when the shot wa
fired; Eberhardt did not tell any one to close
the door: / stood up and looked out Of the
window 1t was about three minutes before |
went out; did not see the revolver I'm the
man'f hand; the two men were RAINING when
| first looked out, they were about seven
feet northeast of Haddock when | first saw
them; they were running fast; their backs
were toward me; were four or five feet apart:
think one ran across the vacant room north
told no one that evening about what | had
seen Ebrrhardt went out before DID |
went out alone; cd Attorney Kellogg about
what j saw; IL was in his Office abe ut three
weeks ago.: Eberbardt told me to go to KEEL
logg's Office; have been In the city ever since.
q. Did you read about the coroner's jury ?
A.. ! Can't read United States.
| never told County Attorney Marsh what
saw; he never asked me TO; ! knew Dan
Mcdonald, but ! did not tell him. | made a
written statement; Kellogg's deputy wrote
it; ! was at Treadway's office this morning :
there were present 1redway, Arcnsdorf and
others; saw no one run south on Water
street.
j. w. TAYLOR,
A cook at the Shepherd restaurant on
The evening OF the Bird Of August, testified
that he prepared porter house stake for Arens-
dorf and another gentleman as late as 10
O'Clock. The order for the supper was given
about 9:30 and it would take fifteen or twenty
minutes TO cook.
d. NJ. KILLIAN,
sworn. | haze lived In Sioux City since
1872; | am a contractors; | live on the west
side, near the brewery-abOut two blocks west
Of the brewery; | lived there last August; on
the night Of the 81 OF August vent home
about $50 O'Clock; | crossed over the bridge
across Perry creek it was pretty dark that
night; ] think it would have been hard to
recognize a MAJ across the street; il was "A
dark, rainy night; know how the houses near
the bridge are located; think that a person IN
the little brown house near the west end of
the bridge would have been troubled to recog
nize a face in the middle OF the street. / got
nome that night about 9:55 O'Clock. Mr..
William Sparks was with me; he is a contrac.
tor.
Cross discrimination waived by the state.
WILLIAM SPARKS.
Live IN Sioux City and have for twenty-one
years. Am a contractor, and am siXty.four
years old. In August last iived on the West
Side. The night of the Sd of August was q
very dark, raiDv night. We started home at
900 o'clock. Was pretty dark at the bridge,
20 dark one couldn't see toe form Of a man,
that night. At the east end OF the bridge !
was within twelve feet OF a han and didn't
recognize bin. Know the locations OF the
buildings near the West SIDE Of the bridge,
and don't believe a man who was standing in
the little brown house G. uld recognize a man
in the middle of the street.
e.. l.. HAMILTON.
who made a stenogrsphic report OF the testl-
monv Of the coroner's jlry, took the witness
stand. He identified the transcript OF Naughn's
testimony, which was put In evidence TO i'm.
peach Nnn Ingham Before the %coroner's jury
Van lngham testified that he could not
identify Arensdorf rs one of the men who ran
across the bridge, and 1t was developed
that at that time Van Ingbam
thought Eph Wood, the brewery ~boohkeeper,
was Arensdorf. In his testimony before
the district court jury Van Iugham swore posi-.
lively that he identified one of the men who
ran acr SIS the bridge as Arensdorf.
The confession of Leavitt was then offered
by the defense, but permission was granted to
Mr.. Marsh to examine 1t. The court then adj
iourned for the day.